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is the 33-year-old former lapd officer who has threatened, quote/unquote, unconventional and asymmetrical warfare on his former colleagues. he's also a former navy reserve lieutenant, and is accused of firing on four officers today, one is dead. dorner is also wanted in connection with a double homicide in irvine, where the daughter of a retired police department captain, monica quan, and her fiance, keith lawrence, were killed in the parking lot of their apartment. dorner is suspected of being on the run since sunday, and police warn he is armed and dangerous. and according to a chilling manifesto he posted online, dorner's shooting spree targeted officers and hair families and it isn't over yet. antonio villaraigosa is urging everyone to be alert as it isn't over yet. kyung lah is on the scene of the first shoot this morning. what can you tell us about this breaking news we have that they've been able to identify this burnt vehicle as dorner's vehicle? >> reporter: well, just about 90 minutes ago, we did get a report that a car was on fire, that police had found this burned out shell of

in a terrifying rampage, after making claims in a bizarre online manifesto that he was unjustly fired by the lapd and needs to clear his name. in a police department with a storied and troubled history, they have never seen anything like this before. here's abc's david wright with the latest. >> attention all units, speed into reference 1199 for lapd. >> reporter: over the past 24 hours, a deadly manhunt across this whole region. >> suspect vehicle still outstanding, it's a black nissan titan. >> reporter: police officers hunting one of their own, a rogue former officer now accused of hunting them. >> of course he knows what he's doing. we trained him. he was also a member of the armed forces. it is extremely worrisome and scary, especially to the police officers involved. >> reporter: it all started sunday with a grizzly double homicide, 28-year-old monica kwan and her fiance keith lawrence shot at close range as they sat in their car. a murder with no apparent motive. the couple had no known enemies. kwan was a popular college basketball coach. >> she was our team leader, and she was always the

. and then earlier in the morning, in corona, california, some lapd officers, who were assigned to security detail of an officer, who was mentioned in the manifesto and was off duty, these two officers were driving in corona, getting off a freeway, when they believe that dorner opened fire on them. one of those officers suffered from a grazing wound to the forehead. so in all, three separate shooting incidents involving people here. dorner apparently having an ex--military record. when you read the manifesto, it's at times bone chilling. he warned everybody that he said you are aware i have always been a top shot. the highest scorer and an expert in rifle qualifications in every unit that he had been in. and he said that he would utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and survival training. in the manifesto, he alludes to wanting to exact revenge after being fired on a number of different people. and he obviously threatened both of these officers and their families, and that's why his link to the killing -- those killings earlier this week of a police officer's daughter. h

dangerous multi-state manhunt unfolding at this hour, searching for a military trained former l.a.p.d. officer suspected of murdering three people so far and shooting several others. police say christopher dorner implicated himself with a chilling 14-page manifesto in which he warned of more carnage to come and police are warning their potential targets and confirmed that some of the officers involved in the manhunt opened fire in two separate incidents thinking that the suspect was approaching them in his truck and turned out that two civilians were injured in the first incident. it's unclear what happened in the second incident and none of those people appear connected to the suspect in any way. we suspect to learn more on this when the los angeles police chief takes the podium and there the press conference is getting ready and that will happen at any minute and we'll bring it to you. in the meantime, we have fox news coverage and trace gallagher is in our news room. and adam housley is in riverside, california with the latest on the manhunt. and i know it's changing by the minute

to locating. christopher jordan dorner is his name. ex-navy reservist, ex-lapd officer with a grudge against the force. if you see him, do not approach him. get some place safe and contact authorities. the breaking news, police have located his burned out truck near big bear lake, which is about 100 miles east of los angeles. they have not, however, located dorner himself. just moments ago, we learned the fbi went to the suspect's home in las vegas. we don't yet know, however, what if anything, they discovered. meantime, back at big bear lake in california, fresh tracks were spotted nearby. however, police say they do not lead to the suspect. they are doing door to door. checkpoints are up on local roads. they've barred all choppers from the air space. christopher dorner is not only armed, dangerous and vowing revenge on his former fellow officers but also people close to them. in a strange and chilling online manifesto allegedly written by dorner he says, quote, i never had the opportunity to have a familiarly of my own. i'm terminating yours. as for his capabilities, a local police chief h

step closer to locating. christopher jordan dorner, an ex-navy officer with a grudge against the lapd. breaking news tonight, police have located his burned out truck near big bear lake. that's about 100 miles east of los angeles. that's the truck there, burned out. they have not, however, located dorner. just moments ago, we learned that the fbi went to the suspect's home in las vegas. we do not know, however, what, if anything, they discovered there. mee meantime, back at big bear lake, the l.a. times is reporting that fresh tracks were found nearby. check points are up on local roads and the faa has barred all local news choppers from the air space overhead. as for the suspect himself, authorities say that christopher dorner is not only armed, not only dangerous and vowing revenge on his former lapd officers but also people close to them. in a strange and chilling online manifesto allegedly written by dorner, he says, and i quote, i never had an opportunity to have a family of mine own, i'm terminating yours. as for his capabilities, a local police officer had this to say, quote, o

in the u.s. navy reserves, honorably discharged just last friday. fired four years ago by the lapd. police claim he bore a grudge against a retired lapd police captain, randy quan, monica's father, as well as other lapd officers. >> of particular interest at this point in the investigation, is a multipage manifesto. >> reporter: in a rambling manifesto posted online, dorner blames quan and other lapd officers of a smear campaign, after dorner reported witnessing a fellow officer commit police brutality. the manifesto vows vengeance. i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in lapd uniform, whether on or off duty. >> lapd is a specific target. but all law enforcement is a target. >> reporter: police set up a command post in the mountains northeast of l.a., where a truck had been set ablaze. that truck turned out to be dorner's. but the suspect was nowhere to be found. cnn's anderson cooper revealed dorner had sent him a package. >> inside the package was a hand-labeled dvd with a yellow post-it note, reading in part, quote, i never lied, apparently in reference to his d

.a. outside the heavily defended lapd headquarters. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. tonight police headquarters is a fortress. some officers are armed with shotguns in addition to their side arms. the lapd says they're under attack by a man targeting law enforcement officers. 33-year-old christopher dorner is an accused cop killer who says he won't stop the killing until he's dead. tonight, thousands of police officers are hunting for a man that used to be one of their own. tactical teams spread across nine counties in southern california. >> of course he knows what he's doing. we trained him. >> reporter: he's heavily armed and extremely dangerous. police say former lapd officer christopher dorner has already killed three, and is gunning for more. >> this has gone far enough. nobody else needs to die. >> reporter: fired from the force in 2009 for allegedly making false statements, dorner says his dismissal was unjust. police say he names those he's targeting in this chilling manifesto published online. the lapd has suppressed the truth and it has now led to deadly

was fired from the l.a.p.d. in 2008 for making false statements. he filed a wrongful termination suit but lost the case. >> the people he had a grievance were fair game and so were their families. >> reporter: the killing spree began on sunday when the daughter of the l.a.p.d. captain was found dead along with her fiance and then thursday dorner shot and killed an officer and then shot two more. during the morning chaos police mistakenly shot and wounded two women delivering newspapers when officers thought they spotted dorner's truck. >> there are many local connections to this bizarre story. we continue our coverage. some of dorner's anger is targeted at bill bratten. >> reporter: bratten says he fired dorner when he was chief of police in los angeles and that puts him on dorner's list. tonight police say this situation is a reminder that officers can become targets. newly hired consultant is on christopher dorner's list. dorner sent a package to anderson cooper at cnn. inside a shot up l.a.p.d. coin given to him by bratten and a note. bratten says he is a target because he signed o

. bigger because we're better. manhunt that has rocked police throughout california. a former lapd officer suspected in three killings in a vendetta. christopher dorner says he was fired for being a whistleblower. district on alert. two women clear motive. details next. (male announer) live from the bay area's news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> developing tonight at eleven. authorities on high alert as the search continues for alleged cop- killerwe just received the latest update on the search now bernardino mountains. death >> so far, we have not located him. we will continue the search throughout the night unless the weather hampers the efforts. this area will have multiple command units patrolling alter the night. >>pam: swat teams have been walking the area, near the big bear ski resort, searching for the former l- a-p-d officer. dorner is suspected of killing three people. in what's being described as a violent vendetta against l.a. police. dorner is a former military man - a navy reservist. who was fired from the l-a-p-d. the search is focused in the southern california mounta

-old christopher dorner the ex-lapd officer they say is now hunting his former colleagues. >> the streets will be full of patrol cars. of>> reporter: the heaviest search is taking place in big bear, california. dorner's burned-out truck was found there thursday afternoon and a door-to-door search is under way. >> we'll head back down closer to where we live and keep my family safe. >> reporter: dorner posted a manifesto on his facebook page where he vowed to get revenge for being fired in 2009. >> he is armed and dangerous. >> reporter: outside lapd headquarters, officers are taking the unusual step of patrolling their own headquarters in case dorner attacks. >> he knows what he's doing. we trained him. he was also in the military. >> reporter: police say dorner began his rampage on sunday killing monica quan and her fiance. her father, former lapd captain randy quan, represented dorner at disciplinary hearings. dorner threatened quan in his facebook manifesto saying, "i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. i'm terminating yours." pol

for the fired lapd cop who's accused of targeting officers and their families during a killing spree fueled by vengeance. >> this is a vendetta against all of southern california law enforcement. captioning funded by cbs cbs morning news" for friday februar 8th >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, february 8th, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, a potentially record-breaking debilitating winter storm is expected to slam the northeast this morning. snowfall totals could top 2 feet in some areas. dangerous wind gusts threaten power supplies and travel will be affected from coast to coast. the storm is actually a combination of two powerful storms converging off the atlantic coast. one part of the storm is coming from the midwest. the worst of the storm will hit tonight into saturday morning. in some areas snowfall totals could reach historic levels. cbs news weather consultant david bernard has the latest. >>> the major nor easter is taking shape this morning right off the banks of north carolina and this is going to rapidly

and asymmetrical warfare to those in l.a.p.d. uniform, whether on or off duty. you will now live the life of the prey." investigators believe dorner's rampage began on sunday with the more than of monica quan and her fiance in a parked car. quan's father is a retired los angeles police captain who represented dorner at disciplinary hearingses. dorner's facebook post said about captain randy quan: i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. i'm terminating yours. >> lapd a specific target but all law enforcement is targeted. this is a vendetta against all the southern california law enforcement and it should be seen as such. >> reporter: police are so on edge earlier today they fired on a truck that matched the description of dorner's pickup. it was near one of the homes of his targetes, but it turns out it was not him. it was two women delivering newspapers. scott, they were both wounded but they're expected to survive. >> pelley: ben, thank you very much. senior correspondent john miller is a former assistant director of the f.b.i., and also a former commanding officer for t

angeles police officer allegedly launched a rampage of row venge. christopher dorner was fired by the l.a.p.d. in 2008. tonight itarchs peer every officer on the force is a potential target. here is ben tracy. >> reporter: police in southern california are on full tactical alert and on edge. >> put your window down. >> reporter: officers have surrounded los angeles police headquarters to defend it from 33-year-old christopher dorner, police chief charlie beck. >> dorner is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: at 1:25 this morning the former cop and navy veteran allegedly shot at two police officers in corona, california, wounding one. 20 minutes later, he killed a riverside, california, policeman in a stop light ambush. dorner is believed to have multiple weapons, including a semiautomatic rifle. >> of course he knows what he's doing. we trained him. he was also a member of the armed forces. it is-- it is extremely worrisome and scary, especially to the police officers involved. >> reporter: dorner was fired by the l.a. police department in 2008 after file a false brut

are told he wants revenge and had the vendetta against all police. not just lapd, but southern california in general. police are racing to find him before he hits again. doerner is accused of shooting three officers, killing one this morning. police believe he also killed monica quan, the daughter of the captain and killing her fiance over the weekend. to the police officers involved, the riverside officers were cowardly ambushed. they had no opportunity to fight back and no prewarning. imagine going about your work day and having to learn about that threat. >> dorner is a highly skilled marksman considered armed and extremely dangerous. here's a timeline of the story. 2008, christopher jordan dorner, just three years on the job as a los angeles cop is fired. he allegedly made false statements about a training officer. dorner leaves the force bitter. in a lengthy letter apparently written by doerner and provided to cnn by an lapd source, he alleged 3 threatened to use his navy training to harm police officers involved in the case and their families. quoting here, i will bring unconvention

. a former lapd officer, now an alleged cop killer. police say he isn't just targeting cops, but their families, too. >> this has gone far enough. you know, nobody else needs to die. >> reporter: the killing spree started sunday in orange county, with the baffling double murder of a popular college basketball coach and her fiance. monica quan and keith laurence, shot in cold blood as they sat in their car. only last night did authorities put two and two together. quan is the daughter of retired lapd captain randy quan, who was instrumental in getting christopher dorner fired. in a rambling manifesto posted online, dorner blames quan and other lapd officers of a smear campaign, after dorner reported witnessing a fellow officer commit police brutality. the manifesto vows vengeance. "i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in lapd uniform whether on or off duty." early this morning, that appeared to be no idle threat. 1:25 a.m., corona, an hour east of l.a. police officers acting on a tip exchanged gunfire with a man believed to be dorner. the officer, gra

is considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: outside lapd headquarters officers here are taking the unusual step of patrolling their own headquarters in case dorner attacks. >> he knows what he's doing. we trained him. he was also a member of the armed forces. >> reporter: polic say dorner began his rampage on sunday killing monica quan and her fiance. her father former lamd captain randy quan representing dorner at his hearings. he said, quote, i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. i'm terminating yours. police say dorner shot an lapd officer in corona early thursday morning, wounding him. 20 minutes later they say he ambushed two riverside officers, seriously injuring one and killing the other. and since this has all unfolded, anne-marie, the 10,000 lapd force has dispatched officers to more than 40 potential targets, which include police officers and their families. also lapd has taken motorcycle officers off the street fearing they will be easy targets. as for dorner he says he stopped fearing death a long time ago. he say

to steal his yacht. they say dorner's lapd badge and id were found near the san diego airport this morning. and in the last 90 minutes as we said that area is really focusing on the big bear area. they do believe that he could be in that area. still, there has not been a sighting of him. his manifesto actually says that he has a sniper rifle and explosives. it also says that he is prepared to die. the navy told us today that he was actually honorably discharged on friday from the reservists. he was also an expert marksman in the military. reporting live in los angeles, edward lawrence. allen, back to you. >> edward, quick question. if he was fired in 2008, are they speculating about what tipped him off now? that's a lot of time that's gone by. >> reporter: well,he was actually discharged on friday from the navy is what a possible motive but this is according to the people -- the experts that i talked with today that it's been festering in him since he was fired from the police force in 2008. he has held a grudge since then. but the trigge

by the lapd. police claim he bore a grudge against an lapd police captain, randy quan, monica's father, as well as other lapd officers. >> a particular interest is a multipage manifesto. >> reporter: a rambling manifesto posted online, dorner blames quan and other lapd officers of a smear campaign, after dorner reported witnessing a fellow officer commit police brutality. i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in lapd uniform on or off duty. police set up a command post in the mountains northeast of l.a., where a truck had been set ablaze. that truck turned out to be dorner's. but the suspect was nowhere to be found. cnn's anderson cooper revealed dorner had sent him a package. >> inside the package was a hand-labeled dvd with a yellow post-it note, reading in part, quote, i never lied, referring to his dismissal in 2008. >> reporter: when the truth comes out, the killing stops. l.a. police reinvestigated any suggestion they review his allegations. >> it's not going to happen. >> reporter: dorner's manifesto indicates he is prepared to die. if they do manage to f

is on the move as we speak. nbc's miguel almaguer is with us. from lapd headquarters. miguel, what do we know. >> reporter: brian, good evening. lapd says they are at war tonight with a man targeting law enforcement officers. 33-year-old christopher dorner, said to be a cop-killer, has said he will not stop the killings until he's dead. tonight, thousands of police officers are hunting for a man that used to be one of their own. tactical teams spread across nine counties in southern california. >> of course he knows what he's doing. we trained him. >> reporter: he's heavily armed and extremely dangerous. police say former lapd officer christopher dorner has already killed three and is gunning for more. >> this has gone far enough. nobody else needs to die. >> reporter: fired from the force in 2009 for allegedly making false statements, dorner says his dismissal was unjust. police say he names those he's targeting in this chilling manifesto, published online. the lapd has suppressed the truth and it has now led to deadly consequences. >> he's probably one of the more dangerous shooters we've s

, the daughter of a retired lapd captain, the officer who represented christopher dorner in front of the police board that eventually fired him. dorner refers to quan's murder in his man guess stow. he writes, i never had the opportunity to have a family of my own. i'm terminating yours. self-preservation is no longer important to me. i do not fear death as i died long ago on january 2nd of '09, a date a few month after dorner was fired as a police officer. the lapd fanned out, launching 40 protection details throughout southern california. >> lapd is the specific target but all law enforcement is target. this is a vendetta to all southern california law enforcement. >> reporter: three days later, wednesday, in san diego, dorner attempted to hijack a boat, an attempt that failed. then early this morning, an eyewitness saw dorner's vehicle an hour and a half southeast of los angeles. >> they identified the vehicle, they start to follow that vehicle and within two exits that suspect gets off the freeway at magnolia and our officers are in proximity. as soon as they turn the right turn, the suspec

dorner killed two people, monica quan, the daughter of a former lapd captain and her fiance. three days later in san diego, police say dorner attempted to hijack a boat. then he fired at police officers in corona, who were assigned to protect someone connected to dorner's threats. one officer was hurt. later in riverside, two officers are fired upon in what police call a cowardly ambush. one seriously hurt, the other killed. dorner's manifesto states, the attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence publicly. >> he's told us what he intends to do, and so far he's done it. >> reporter: leaving the community on edge, wondering when the violence will stop. several police departments have ordered their officers to travel in pairs in their patrol cars until dorner is found. zoraida. >> such a scary situation. also for the residents out there. they're on a virtual lockdown, aren't they? >> reporter: that's right. police are conducting a door-to-door search overnight throughout the community of big bear lakes, trying to find dorner. so far, no luck. they have order

war on lapd. police and s.w.a.t. teams spent the night combing bear mountain, two hours east of l.a., where a truck belonging to the suspect, chris dorner, was found burned out with foot tracks leading away through the snow. police say the suspect could be anywhere. >> reporter: thousands of police officers are hunting for a man that used to be one of their own. tactical teams spread across nine counties in southern california. >> of course he knows what he's doing, we trained him. >> reporter: he's heavily armed and extremely dangerous. police say former lapd officer christopher dorner has already killed three and is gunning for more. >> this has gone far enough. you know, nobody else needs to die. >> reporter: fired from the force in 2009 for allegedly making false statements, dorner says his dismissal was unjust. police say he names those he's targeting in a chilling manifesto published online. lapd has suppressed the truth and it has now led to deadly consequences." >> he's probably one of the more dangerous shooters we've seen in a long time. he has a combination of the will

is with us from what is still a heavily fortified lapd headquarters. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. with the search in day two, the mood here at lapd remains tense. all day long, costs have been hovering in and around this area, while police focus much of their search some 115 miles away. more than 100 tactical officers swarmed the mountains three hours outside of los angeles. blinded by 10 inches of snow and facing frigid cold, they found no one. earlier, s.w.a.t. teams cleared 400 cabins, one by one. a high-powered military-like response to hunt down accused cop killer, christopher dorner. >> this business is not always safe. our folks are highly trained, and this is what we train for. >> reporter: dorner's burnt-out truck was discovered here thursday. so were his footprints, say police. but his trail has gone cold. walter kunkle slept with an axe for protection. >> we had all the kids sleep with us last night. i couldn't sleep. the dogs barked all night. scary. >> reporter: near los angeles, police searched dorner's mother's home, but made no arrests. the former la

to christopher jordandorener, a former lapd officer wanted in connection to the double murder of a couple in irvine. over the weekend that couple was shot and killed in their car. the woman killed was the daughter of a former police officer who represent dorner at a hearing where he alternately lost his badge. these police officers and their families are now under police protection. we have a picture of if dorne. authorities said that he wrote a multi page manifesto in which he threatened to kill law enforcement officials and implicated himself in the irvine murders. >> police are blocking off intersections and they stated that they do not think he is in the area but the search is still on for him. >> we have breaking news from the east bay. three people have been shot in an overnight home invasion robbery. kron 4 urs will tran joins us live from vallejo with more. >> the adult male came downstairs after he heard a commotion and they stated that he was shot in the face. there were two female family members who were also shot. all three of them are currently in the hospital would not life-

cop- killer. law enforcement agencies fan out across southern california. searching for a former l-a-p-d officer. he is suspected of killing three people. in what's being described as a violent revenge vendetta against authorities. the suspect's name is christopher dorner. a former military man - a navy reservist. he was fired from the los angeles police department. tonight. police are searching high and low to flush him out. and to try and stop him from killing again. grant lodes joins us now. with the latest developments grant? >> reporter: right now swat team members have rifles drawn.they're walking the san bernardino mountains near big bear ski resport. more than 100 other officers are going door to door in the area.searching for christopher dorner. the search is focused there because dorner's burnt pick-up truck was found in the area earlier today. kron four's charles clifford continues our team coverage with a look at the difficult task of searching for a dangerous man in the snowy san bernardino mountians. >> reporter: big bear is about 100 miles east of downtown los angeles, in

spree retaliation from the firing from the lapd. he was let go for making false statements. warning of violence in his chilling on-line manifesto. i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical to those in the lapd uniform on or off duty. unfortunately i will not be alive to see my name cleared. that's what this is about my name. a man is nothing without his name. victims include monica quan and her fiancee whe is a captain tht leapted doerner at his official. someone spotted a person that looked like dorner. the former reservist checked in but did not formally check out. >>> thanks so much. no shortage of fireworks on capitol hill. john brennan is face age lot of heat over the administration's controversial drone program. peter doocy is covering this for us. we are watching it live. >> good morning heather when you think of the cia you think of size gathering intelligence in secret and quiet places. the confirmation hearing for the potential next cia director was very loud at times, 5 times to be precise. that's how nanny interruptions protestors for the group made before diane fine

community of corona. christopher dorner allegedly gets into a shootout with two l-a-p-d officers who followed him after seeing his truck. one bullet grazes an officer in the head. and dorner takes off. a short time later, about 2- am today in riverside. two riverside officers are ambushed. police say dorner shot the officers while they waited at a stop light while on routine patrol. one officer dies, the other critically injured. now 8:30 this morning - near the big bear ski resort in the san bernardino mountians. dorner's burned pickup truck is found. there's no sign of the 33- year old suspect. schools in the area go on lock-down. big bear later shuts down for the day. then early this afternoon. swat team members in fatigues are lowerd in helicopters into the mountainous terrain of the big bear region. they continue the dangerous search for christopher dorner with rifles drawn. i'll be following developments in this man- hunt all night. we'll have the latest information, and live pictures as they're happening. the manhunt for christopher dorner has stretched across all of southern

officials and their families. the document also named quan's father, a retired lapd captain. there is a blue alert right now activated for eight counties in southern california from kern county down to san diego county. and officers say dorner was last seen driving a 2005 blue or gray nissan titan. >>> we're following some developing news from the north bay. >> here in the bay area as well, three people have been shot this morning. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington has details on a home invasion overnight. >> reporter: good morning. investigators are inside the house and the search is on for the suspects. no arrests have been made but police believe that this family was targeted randomly during a home invasion. this happened around 3:40 this morning. a sergeant with the vallejo police department told me two men kicked down the front door to the two-story house on the mcdoug al street and headed upstairs. a 59-year-old woman lives here with her two adult children both in their 20s. the son woke up first and went into the hall to see what

, using our s.w.a.t. guys. >> reporter: the former lapd officer and navy reservist is wanted for murdering three people, including one police officer. in a rambling manifesto, posted online, dorner declared war on law enforcement. >> extremely dangerous. i explained to them to be very careful. but our folks are highly trained. >> reporter: the lapd fired dorner in 2008. he accused a fellow officer of using excessive force in the field. but the department ruled dorner was lying. police say dorner's first victims were monica kwan and her fawnsz. she's the daughter of the lapd who represented dorner during his disciplinary hearings. authorities are now guarding dozens of potential targets listed on dorner's manifesto. they're not certain the 33-year- old suspect is still in the big bear area. and admit the burned-out truck could be an elaborate diversion, or a trap. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> and southern california police are searching. >>> police have found the body of a 2-year-old child in a land fill. 25-year-old chelsea boot

, starting with nbc's miguel almaguer. good morning, miguel. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. lapd headquarters remains a target. today it is a fortress with the entrances and exits heavily guarded, all this while a hunt for a man who used to wear a badge. scouring big bear mountain three hours outside los angeles. this is where police discovered christopher dorner's burnt-out truck, the man at the center of a massive manhunt. >> we don't know what he's going to do. we know what he's capable of doing. and we need to find him. >> reporter: heavily armed and extremely dangerous, police say dorner, former lapd officer, navy reservist and sharpshooter, has already killed three and is targeting many more. >> of course he knows what he's doing. we trained him. >> reporter: four years ago, dorner accused a fellow officer of kicking a suspect in the head but it was dorner who was fired for making false statements in the case. they say he is now targeting officers he names in this chilling manifesto, published online. you will now live the life of the prey. i never had the opportunity to ha

of the lapd years ago. we are going to have a live report from california minutes from now. brand-new stories and breaking news. jon: the northeast preparing for what could be a record-breaking winter storm. we are talking about more than two feet of snow in some places. we have fox team coverage. the family of a high profile college football recruit torn apart over which school he will attend. now the mother is getting help from a famous law firm. and giving new meaning to a door-buster sale, an out of control car, the amazing video to show you just ahead. it's all "happening now." and good morning to you, what a way to start a friday. jenna: absolutely. jon: i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. we begin with the monster storm bearing down on the northeast. that i can a look at the map right there. snow is falling in parts of new york and new jersey and when it's all said and done up to three feet of snow could fall from pennsylvania to maine. boston will likely get the worst of it as the storm threatens to bring conditions like nothing that city has really ever seen, believe it or not. bliz

-year-old man wednesday night and then tried and failed to steal his yacht. they say dorner's lapd badge and id were found near the san diego airport this morning. his manifesto actually said that he had a sniper rifle and explosives saying he was prepared to die. the truck found in big bear will be taken away by investigators in san bernardino county and processed. no sign of dorner. back to you. >> edward, what are his fellow officers or coworkers saying about this? did they have any clue that this was someone who could potentially be dangerous? >> reporter: well, actually i haven't talked to any officers who knew him. his neighbors say this is a complete surprise. they had no idea. they have always known his as a nice gentle man. the coworkers you could just see a look of concern and just frightened. they didn't know. the lapd police chief here says that anybody in a police uniform is a target. those two officers in san bernardino were just stopped at a stop light when he ambushed them. so there's a look of concern on officers from riversid

. and -- >> and then be killed? >> and then be killed. >> reporter: four years ago when he says he was fired by the lapd, he claimed a colleague kicked a detainee. the department disagreed. the former chief who once met dorner doesn't remember the case. >> believe me, the department goes through exhaustive efforts, and there were a multiple series of trials and reviews before an officer would be discharged. >> reporter: no one grows up and wants to be a cop killer, wrote dorner. it was against everything i ever was. in his sometimes rambling 6,000-word statement, dorner says he wants to clear his name and expose corruption. >> he knows what he's doing. >> reporter: but why now? dorner was honorably discharged from the u.s. navy reserve just last friday after ten years' service. including a tour in the persian gulf. was that the trigger for this killing spree? or evidence of careful planning? >> i have more questions than i do have answers at this point. >> reporter: if dorner gets his apparent wish, if he is killed, we might never know the whole truth. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> wow. and this 6,00

for tracks in the snow. more than a hub hundred officers are searching for the 33-year-old former lapd officer who is considered armed and dangerous. the police chief said that schools and businesses closed during lockdown would reopen this morning but according to the school district website that is not the case, schools are still shut down and we have contacted ski area resort who are in stand by mode. >> this is a dynamic situation. we are working closely with the authorities and we will update the status of the operation as they release more information. >> reporter: now dornr's burned out truck was found on a forest road. they will look for tracks similar to the ones that led away from the vehicle and they will use dog units to try it track the man. >> the search continues for dorner. they still have aerial searches, ground searches and door to door searches going on. >> the entire state of california is under a tactical alert and the search has extended to arizona, mexico and nevada where he owns a home. a naval base was in lockdown when someone saw someone who looked like dor

an 81-year- old man wednesday night, then tried and failed to steal his yacht. they say dorner's lapd badge and id were found near the san diego airport this morning. in riverside, california, edward lawrence, wjz eyewitness news. >> los angeles police say dorner is armed with multiple weapons, including a security rifle. they're providing security for more than 40 names on dorner's manifesto. >>> mary is in the newsroom with what the county coroner is saying. >> reporter: the county coroner is saying that jimmy lee dykes was shot multiple times. but they won't go into in are any more -- any more detail than that. they described the bunker as having 8-foot-high ceilings. the fbi says it finished searching the 100-acre property. earlier, agents found two explosive devices inside the bunker. denise? >> thank you, mary. the young boy who was taken off the school bus and held hostage, celebrated his sixth birthday yesterday. town officials hope to eventually throw a party for him. >>> he's the president's choice for cia. today, john brennan answere

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